Letter offering Beatles tryout fetches €41,000
Christie's auction house says a handwritten letter from Paul McCartney offering a Beatles audition to a mystery drummer has sold for nearly 35,000 pounds or €41,000.
(AP) Christie's auction house says a handwritten letter from Paul McCartney offering a Beatles audition to a mystery drummer has sold for nearly 35,000 pounds or €41,000.
The note, found folded in a book at a Liverpool yard sale, offered an audition to someone who had advertised their availability in the Liverpool Echo newspaper four days earlier. The unsigned ad said simply: "Drummer Young Free."
The letter was dated August 12, 1960, two years before the band bounced drummer Pete Best in favour of Ringo Starr.
Christie's said a European buyer made Tuesday's 34,850 pound winning bid over the phone.
The auction house had estimated it would fetch more than 7,000 pounds (€8,200).
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